Senior Consultant, Cyber Security Operations Centre

BDO•Toronto, ON

8d•CA$84,000 - CA$128,000•Hybrid

About The Position

BDO Digital is seeking an experienced Senior Consultant cyber security operations center (SOC) investigator. This opportunity is for an existing vacancy. You will contribute your investigative skills and experience within our award winning Microsoft managed detection and response services for our clients on a continuous basis. As a SOC investigator, the you will have the opportunity to work within a culture that is highly collaborative, very supportive, and offers an opportunity to help grow their career within the cyber security field. If you are passionate about security operations, threat intelligence, analytics, and incident response, and are looking for a challenging and rewarding career, this is the right opportunity for you. Our people are our most valuable asset and we encourage career growth and development opportunities for every individual on our team.

Requirements

Degree or Diploma in cybersecurity, IT or related area
5+ of years experience investigating incidents within a security operations centre
Knowledge and experience with next generation security operations to include Sentinel, contemporary EDRs
Knowledge of familiarity with SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, Active Directory, VM and other related solutions
Strong client communication skills to include verbal and written communication
Proven ability to understand and deliver on agreed upon service levels
Knowledge of security threats and common vulnerabilities for legacy and Cloud environments
Strong knowledge of cyber security frameworks and industry recognized security frameworks
Fostering critical thinking within robust security processes and response deadlines
Understanding the role of intelligence, vulnerabilities and hunting within the overall security process
Experience coding in Python or similar languages
Experience with query language methods (e.g. SQL, KQL)
Constantly asking: “Has the situation changed?”

Nice To Haves

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Cloud certifications such as Azure Fundamentals, Azure Security Engineer, AWS Technical Essentials
Microsoft SC-200

Responsibilities

Responding to escalated incidents from our Microsoft Sentinel clients
Providing contribution across the entire investigative lifecycle or an incident
Interacting with clients on investigations collaborating with them through to completion
Identifying quality issues across all SOC processes in order to improve our quality to clients
Maintaining awareness of contemporary, prevailing cyber threats and their impacts to security
Being proactive in sustaining SOC activities by supporting and executing security engineering tasks
Maintaining extensive awareness of Microsoft and other related security technologies
Participating in morning or evening shift work.